Connecticut
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8.9KConstance Baker Motley Faces Down Racism
Constance Baker Motley encountered overt racism for the first time when she left her home in New Haven to attend Fisk College...
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9.8KThe Double Life of Railroad King Robert Schuyler
Robert Schuyler was one of the most respected men of his era, the last person likely to pull off one of the...
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10.0KThe Great India Rubber Panic Launches Charles Goodyear on a Crusade
Charles Goodyear might have live out his life as an obscure hardware store owner if the Great India Rubber Panic never took...
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42.4K5The Melon Heads of Connecticut
Every New England town can claim a ghost and many have a witch in their past, but the melon heads belong to...
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11.9K2Six Famous Artists Houses (Where You Can Stay, Too)
Artists gravitate toward places that inspire them creatively, so you can often find artists houses among splendid scenery or in rural isolation....
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9.5KRufus Porter, the Yankee Da Vinci
Rufus Porter left his mark on early New England homes with stencils on their walls and Scientific American on the coffee table....
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